Bishop Arthur Kennedy will discuss “The New Evangelization: Emergence and Conversion in the Lord” at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 11, in the 3M Auditorium of Owens Science Hall on the St. Paul campus of the University of St. Thomas.

Kennedy was appointed auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Boston in 2010 and last year was named Boston’s episcopal vicar for the new evangelization.

He previously served 30 years on the St. Thomas theology faculty, was executive director of the Office of Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, and was rector of St. John Seminary in Boston.